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Staff Bulletin
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RESEARCH & RESEARCH TRAINING OFFICE REPORTWhat do a spinning top, a ballistic wombat and apples cascading from a eucalypt tree have in common??They all featured in ‘Different Lunchtimes': the Principia talks!! About 50 people (academic staff from all Schools and general staff from all areas of the College) attended the series of four lunchtime talks on Isaac Newton's "Principia" given by Professor Colin Pask from the School of Physical , Environmental and Mathematical Sciences (PEMS). The talks were nothing short of spellbinding, and while focusing on the ‘Principia' also contained a plethora of fascinating information about Newton, his contemporaries and his contributions to the world of mathematics. (However, the ‘magician's assistant' at Colin's presentations has some doubts that rubbing against the walls of Newton's home can lead to transference or absorption of mathematical abilities by osmosis!) Everyone enjoyed the talks immensely and there have been many suggestions that perhaps these talks could set the stage for an ongoing and different activity to enliven lunchtimes at UNSW@ADFA. The Research and Research Training Office has lost count of the number of attendees who commented on how impressed they were to hear a Professor actually ‘professing about his dicipline…' Special Research Grants for funding in 2006On 4 November the Faculty Research Grants Committee (FRGC) met to assess applications for funding under a range of funding schemes. Members of the FRGC are: Professor Joseph Lai (Chair), A/Prof Hans Riesen, A/Prof Robert Lo, A/Prof Aurelia George-Mulgan, A/Prof Himanshu Pota, Dr Twan Huybers and Dr Harvi Sidhu. Professor Joseph Lai congratulates the following researchers on their successful applications to UNSW@ADFA's internal Special Research Grants(SRG) scheme. Special Research Grants provide seed funding of up to $5,000 to enable full-time academic staff to develop their research to be competitive nationally in terms of quality and/or ability to attract external funding. Dr Tapabrata Ray “Exploring Novel Ideas to Develop More Efficient Optimisation Algorithms” $5000; Dr Jason Mazanov, Dr James Warn and Mr Paul May “Mental Models of Strategic Human Resource Management in the Australian Public Service” $4424; A/Prof Stefan Markowski “Broader Economic Dimensions of Citizenship” $5000; Dr John Walker “Resources Conflict in 'Pre-colonial' Northwest Borneo ” $5000; Dr Heiko Timmers “Longevity of Artificial Hip Joints through radioisotope implantation” $4500; Dr Sean O'byrne “A Flight-Hardened Diode System for use in Engine Studies” $4990; Dr Jian Zhang “China-Japan relations: what is driving China 's policy” $5000; Dr Harald Kleine “Experiments in the 0.6mx0.6m supersonic wind tunnel of ISAS, Japan ” $5000; Dr Anavatti Sreenatha “Communication System for UAV” $5000; Dr John Taylor and Dr David Low “Is it possible to remotely sense the turbulent heat flux in the atmospheric boundary layer?” $5000; and Dr Warrick Lawson “Rotation Periods of Stars in the beta Pic moving group” $1086
ARC PPROJECTS AWARDED FOR FUNDING FROM 2006Professor John Baird (Rector) and Professor Joseph Lai (Associate Dean (Research)) are absolutely thrilled to announce the outcomes of this year's prestigious ARC grants for UNSW@ADFA. This has been a spectacularly successful year for researchers at UNSW@ADFA who have won $2,700,707 for Discovery Grants (DP) over the next 5 years, making this Faculty the third highest UNSW faculty for successful DP grants. In addition to this success in the DP round, researchers at UNSW@ADFA have been successful in winning a Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities grant for $140,385. Together, this makes a total of $2,841,092 in ARC funding over the next 5 years! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
SUCCESSFUL DISCOVERY PROJECTS:Dr MG Barlow; Dr HA Abbass: Defence and Security Risk Assessment using Agent Based Distillations: 2006 : $108,000 2007 : $98,000 2008 : $100,000 Project Summary: Today's society continues to be occupied with the idea of risk. The recent events of September 11th, the Bali bombing, SARS, the bush fires in Canberra , and the Tsunami are examples of human-made and natural disasters. These events had dramatic consequences on the social, economic, and political environment and numerous industries. This project offers an innovative methodological paradigm for assessing risk through the transfer of technologies drawn from defence simulations to the safety and security areas. The success of this project will mark a paradigm shift in the area of risk assessment and management. Prof PR Eggert; Prof EA Webby: The transition from print to electronic textuality in the scholarly editing of Australian literature: 2006 : $111,211 2007 : $94,000 2008 : $129,000 Project Summary: Scholarly editions of Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils and colonial poet Charles Harpur's Complete Poems will afford access to authenticated texts of classic works of Australian literature. The editions complete the Academy Editions of Australian Literature series, a long-term project of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. The analysis of versions will allow a newly informed study of the works. The Academy Editions series makes a staged transition to electronic delivery with these editions. The new methodology will lay the groundwork for future projects, and the text-authentication method may have further application. The State Library of New South Wales website will make fruits of the scholarship available to a wider public. A/Prof SL Gai; Dr AJ Neely; Dr RR Boyce; A/Prof AF Houwing; Dr SB O'Byrne; Dr HH Kleine : Physics of Base Flows of Planetary Entry Configurations: 2006 : $130,000 2007 : $110,000 2008 : $110,000 Project Summary: Continued investment by Australia in the AHI will help to maintain Australia 's leading role in the exciting fields of space research and hypersonics and to encourage future international collaboration. The research will use the unique existing experimental infrastructure (largely ARC funded) for space related research, which will enable Australia to make a valuable contribution to the design of future planetary missions. The project will provide a stimulating, exciting and supportive environment for the training of postgraduate and postdoctoral personnel as well as students at the undergraduate level. It will help to motivate young Australians to pursue their interest in science and engineering. Dr RA Hall QE11 Fellowship: Understanding Low - Intensity Conflict 2006 : $178,000 2007 : $150,000 2008 : $116,000 2009 : $128,000 2010 : $128,000 Project Summary: Since 1945, Low-Intensity Conflict (LIC) has become the dominant form of warfare. Conventional armies have a poor record of success in fighting LIC. This project uses the records of the Australian Army's operations in the Vietnam War to better understand it's operational performance there and to unearth insights into the conduct of LIC. The project has the potential to reduce casualties, both military and civilian, and assist the Army in selecting new war-fighting technologies, designing training and developing doctrine for future LIC. The project will raise Australia 's profile in theorising about this troubling but increasingly common form of warfare. Prof IR Petersen; Prof MR James : Robust Feedback Control in Quantum Technology 2006 : $155,000 2007 : $152,000 2008 : $150,000 2009 : $105,000 2010 : $105,000 Project Summary: Australia has considerable strengths in quantum technology research. As these technologies advance, the issue of control and in particular feedback control becomes a critical one. This research project will strengthen Australia 's position in quantum technology by developing new methodologies for designing high performance robust feedback controllers for quantum systems. The project will also add to Australia 's strength in quantum technology by contributing to the research training of young researchers with expertise both in control systems engineering and quantum technology. This project will help Australia reap the maximum possible benefit from the new industries to emerge from the field of quantum technology. Dr MR Pickering; A/Prof MR Frater; Prof JF Arnold: Object-based Video Compression for Delay Insensitive Services 2006 : $98,000 2007 : $91,000 2008 : $93,000 Project Summary: Digital television is now big business worldwide. Techniques that can lead to improved compression of audiovisual services will always be of interest both to international standards bodies and to industry. The development of more efficient transmission techniques for audiovisual services will be of considerable benefit to all regions of Australia and in particular to remote regions. It can be expected that the development of this technology will significantly improve service quality in these areas without the need for upgrading the existing telecommunications infrastructure. This will allow, for example, pay and free-to-air operators to provide additional services within their current bandwidth limitations. Dr RG Prior: The Myths of 1940 2006 : $30,690 2007 : $30,806 Project Summary: This study will investigate Britain in 1940, but many issues faced by that country then - the relationship between the political, military and intelligence leadership, public opinion and its influence on policy, political leadership and its influence on public opinion, war planning and fighting - remain as relevant to Australia today as they were to Britain during the Second World War. The role of the military in a democracy and the benefits of military experience to political leaders are issues still much discussed today. LINKAGE EQUIPMENT GRANT FOR FUNDING IN 2006Dr HH Kleine; A/Prof SL Gai; Prof MM Bilek; Dr J Howard; Prof Dr JC Lai; Dr RR Boyce; Dr K Shankar: Time-resolved observation of highly transient events by a novel digital high- speed camera: 2006 : $140,385 Partner Organisation(s) The University of New South Wales The Australian National University The University of Sydney Project Summary: Highly transient, that is, rapidly changing, events occur in nature and in almost every field of science and engineering. Knowledge and understanding of these processes is vital for the design of better and innovative machines, materials and instruments. Valuable insight into these processes can be gained if one can visualise them by means of high-speed photography. This application seeks the acquisition of a novel and unique digital camera system that would allow one to observe rapidly occurring processes with unprecedented clarity. The availability of such a system would significantly strengthen cutting-edge research activities in various disciplines that would ultimately lead to the development of original and innovative products. THE SPITFIRE MEMORIAL DEFENCE FELLOWSHIP 2005Applications are invited for the 2005 award of the Spitfire Memorial Defence Fellowship valued at up to $12,000 to support Australian defence-related studies or research at the University of New South Wales or other appropriate institution. This annually awarded Fellowship has been established as a lasting and dynamic recognition of the significant contribution of the Spitfire and its Squadrons during World War II. Applicants will be Australian citizens who are suitably qualified graduates or persons with significant relevant work experience. Further information is available from the UNSW@ADFA Website (http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/units/research/index.html) or from the Office of The Rector, UNSW@ADFA, Australian Defence Force Academy by e-mail spitfire@adfa.edu.au or telephone (02) 6268 8201. Applications close Monday 28 November 2005
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